February Newsletter

Mexico City

How does a thirty hour bus ride sound to everyone? Well that’s what we did to get to Mexico City. You may be asking yourself how you not get bored on a bus ride that is that long. I have a few answers.

1. Sleep
2. Read
3. Sleep
4. Homework
5. Sleep
6. Act like I know how to play the guitar
7. Say some random phrase like “Fat penguin” just to see who looks and what kind of conversation it will start.
8. Watch nacho libre (which is way better the second time)
9. Throw starburst at people while they are sleeping
10. Play would you rather
11. Play ISPY

But anyway enough about that there was a lot of things to see and do in Mexico City. When we first got to the pink house we were introduced to the missionaries that were living there. After we met them and they laid down some rules we headed to the hotel… well the guys anyway the girls stayed in the pink house.


On the first day we went out to a local park and handed out some fliers for a movie that they are going to show in tlalpan. It’s called the La Vida de Jesus (The Life of Christ) using the book of Luke to make a movie. They wanted us to invite everyone, and let them know it was free. Brandon and I thought we would try to evangelize a few Mexican kids that we saw at a playground, and all it took was taking out a hacky sack 1. and asking them quiere jugar? (Wanna play). I knew just enough Spanish to be able to talk to them… although I knew I that they had to be laughing at my awful accent and grammar. But we played hacky sack with them and just talked to them about why we were in Mexico, and they said they wanted to go to the movie so I gave them a flier and they said they will be there. Now that I think about it I wish I would have told them that I wouldn’t be…. We did the same thing the next day but for a different event, again I got to practice my Spanish. Hopefully I will pick up Italian pretty easy, which I want to thank Beth Hughes and Brian Conner for giving us private lessons….. back to Mexico.

There were some really cool things I got to see in Mexico.

This is one of the many Cathedrals or Catholic churches in Mexico City. This picture was taken on level ground the Basilica is actually leaning at that angle. Mexico City was built in a bowl of mountains and was once a giant lake so parts of the city is leaning and sinking because there is water under the foundations
Here is a pendulum that is hung in the middle of this Cathedral you can see how much the cathedral is leaning it started at the very right of the white tile and look where it is now. It is weird on the tile it shows the line that the pendulum has followed. It is something that we don’t see much in the states but in Mexico this is a very common sight…. To see a cathedral leaning.
This flag here is big enough to cover Row 10 in the apartment complex I live in. It was amazing…. I just wish that I could have got a picture of it while the wind was blowing it. This is in the courtyard of a palace that I will show you pictures of next.

This is the fountain in the one of the palaces we went to. This particular palace had murals all over the walls and I want you to be able to see them so check out my blog where I will have them posted. (evanwwilliams@hotmail.com)

To wrap things up I would like to say that I would love to go back to Mexico someday, maybe even for a couple of months. I love the people they were so open to talking to people, they are a very receptive people and very loving people. I miss being there sometimes, and I was only there for a few days, so I couldn’t imagine leaving if I was there for years.

Thanks again so much to all my supporters, can you believe its only two months before its time to go to the field….. its fixing to get busy around here with the trips we are going on in a few weeks. I love the fact that yall are still standing behind me. I pray for yall all the time and I hope yall do the same for me. I look forward to writing to yall again and I just want to say one more time I thank yall and love yall.

AIMing to Fulfill the Great Commission,

Evan Williams